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TIL There is a 25 ft tall replica of the Statue of Liberty in the middle of the Susquehanna River in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

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DQBMV TIL that scientists discover an average of 18,000 new species of life every year.
59Ek TIL that in Middle Age Britain, the church taught that for ‘Godly Congress’ both the man and the woman needed to produce sperm. The only way a woman could produce sperm was to orgasm. All 'ungodly’ sex was frowned upon, so most sex involved maximum effort to produce a strong female orgasm.
be79 TIL chickens were first domesticated not for the purpose of food or egg production but for cock fighting, and in fact it wasn’t until the 20th century that egg and meat production began to be stressed.
75dZ TIL that Mike Rowe is an honorary member of the international society dedicated to Barbershop Quartets, and attributes his entire career to his 10th grade music teacher forcing him to sing in a quartet
pK4p TIL in 2015 people spent more money at restaurants than on groceries for the first time ever according to the United States Commerce Department.